David Lynch/Elephant Man in Shad Thames SE1

Shad Thames/Butlers Wharf has been used in so many films, evoking as it does to this day the lost world of dockside London with its warehouses and narrow streets.It was memorably used in 'The Elephant Man' (1980),  starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins and directed by David Lynch, who was hired for the job by ...

Hollydale Tavern reopens

The Hollydale Tavern - on the corner of Hollydale and Brayards Roads SE15 - has been spruced up and reopened, having been closed since 2019. We popped in for an early evening drink last week, very child friendly at that time of night with craft activities for kids going on and families ordering in pizza ...

Herring Gull Camouflage

Herring Gull next to the Thames by HMS Belfast this week 

Children of Hiroshima – peace meetings in 1950s Lewisham and Bromley

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was founded in 1958 and its first wave of activism peaked in the early 1960s at a time when fears of nuclear war were at their height. The movement against nuclear weapons started a few years earlier, with a key campaigner being the Methodist minister Donald Soper (1903-1998) - who ...

Children of Hiroshima – peace meetings in 1950s Lewisham and Bromley

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was founded in 1958 and its first wave of activism peaked in the early 1960s at a time when fears of nuclear war were at their height. The movement against nuclear weapons started a few years earlier, with a key campaigner being the Methodist minister Donald Soper (1903-1998) - who ...

Save SILO SE8 Studio

Silo SE8 music collective have been operating out of a railway arch in Deptford for many years, but like many other arch users are facing increasing rents following the transfer of railway arches from National Rail to private landlord the Arch Company. Facing a big bill for a backdated rent increase they have launched a ...

Some South London Beverages

Some South London themed drinks for the festive period. Good to see Hilly Fields getting its own beer courtesy of Brockley BreweryThen there's Myatt's Fields Cocktails whose bottles will immortalise this part of SE5 for future archaeologists. 

Some South London Beverages

Some South London themed drinks for the festive period. Good to see Hilly Fields getting its own beer courtesy of Brockley BreweryThen there's Myatt's Fields Cocktails whose bottles will immortalise this part of SE5 for future archaeologists. 

Some South London Beverages

Some South London themed drinks for the festive period. Good to see Hilly Fields getting its own beer courtesy of Brockley BreweryThen there's Myatt's Fields Cocktails whose bottles will immortalise this part of SE5 for future archaeologists. 

Last days of Catford Homebase

The Homebase store in Catford is closing down after the company went into administration. Bad news for the staff working there and also a pain for those who will have to travel further afield in search of DIY and gardening materials. I also the think the building on corner of Bromley Road and Beckenham Hill ...